Strike!
We offer these observations on the experience of and
public discourse around the Transport Workers Union
strike.
North Jersey Plan Pushes Highway Expansion
The North Jersey Transportion Planning Authority's "Project
Development Work Program," a list of projects in
study and development phases, reflects the persistence
of traditional thinking about traffic congestion at the
local level.
Yankee Stadium Plan: Strike Two
Despite vigorous opposition from his constituents and Bronx Community Board 4,
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión signed off on the ULURP application
for the Yankee Stadium redevelopment proposal on Thursday.
Meadowlands Traffic Plan: Create More Of It
At the recent press conference announcing plans for a new Giants-Jets football
stadium, the NJ DOT unveiled its plan to deal with the congestion on local roads
the stadium and the adjacent Xanadu recreational mall is likely to generate -
add road capacity.
New York Agencies and Land Use - Do It!
Commenting in a recent Journal-News column, a New York State Dept. of Transportation
official repeated the agency's over-tired mantra that "we don't do land
use" in reference to the major mass transit and bridge project contemplated
for the Tappan Zee corridor.
